Team Smallest Margins

Players

By runs

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
South Africa	17 runs	-	232	78.0x8	v England	Johannesburg	15 Feb 1957	Test # 437
Services	46 runs	-	168	54.3	v Pepsu	Delhi	13 Jan 1957	First-class
South Africa	58 runs	-	189	58.3x8	v England	Gqeberha	1 Mar 1957	Test # 438
NSW	80 runs	-	268	56.5x8	v West Aust	Sydney	23 Nov 1956	First-class
Australia	94 runs	-	231	69.2	v India	Eden Gardens	2 Nov 1956	Test # 433
England	131 runs	-	204	33.4x8	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1956	Test # 434
Victoria	152 runs	-	400	82.6x8	v South Aust	Melbourne	29 Dec 1956	First-class
England	312 runs	-	385	50.1x8	v South Africa	Cape Town	1 Jan 1957	Test # 435

By wickets

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Mysore	2 wickets	-	205	70.4	v Andhra	Guntur	30 Jan 1957	First-class
West Aust	4 wickets	-	209	80.1x8	v Victoria	Melbourne	9 Nov 1956	First-class
Andhra	7 wickets	-	195	71.5	v	Guntur	12 Jan 1957	First-class
Madras	7 wickets	-	122	56.0	v Mysore	Chennai	15 Feb 1957	First-class
Pakistan	9 wickets	-	69	48.4	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
Delhi	9 wickets	-	86	28.0	v	Delhi	8 Dec 1956	First-class
UP	9 wickets	-	56	15.1	v M. Pradesh	Varanasi	15 Dec 1956	First-class
Victoria	9 wickets	-	94	27.7x8	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	1 Mar 1957	First-class

By balls remaining in the second innings

Winner	Margin	Balls Rem	Target	Overs	Max	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Pakistan	9 wickets	-	69	48.4	0.0	v Australia	Karachi	11 Oct 1956	Test # 430
West Aust	4 wickets	-	209	80.1x8	0.0x8	v Victoria	Melbourne	9 Nov 1956	First-class
Delhi	9 wickets	-	86	28.0	0.0	v	Delhi	8 Dec 1956	First-class
UP	9 wickets	-	56	15.1	0.0	v M. Pradesh	Varanasi	15 Dec 1956	First-class
Andhra	7 wickets	-	195	71.5	0.0	v	Guntur	12 Jan 1957	First-class
Mysore	2 wickets	-	205	70.4	0.0	v Andhra	Guntur	30 Jan 1957	First-class
Madras	7 wickets	-	122	56.0	0.0	v Mysore	Chennai	15 Feb 1957	First-class
Victoria	9 wickets	-	94	27.7x8	0.0x8	v West Aust	W.A.C.A	1 Mar 1957	First-class

Tied matches

Team 1	Team 2	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Victoria	NSW	Junction Oval, Melbourne	22 Dec 1956	First-class

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Performances in matches that overlap years are credited to the year in which they occurred - this results in some unknown data, especially in regard to bowling figures

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